Bodywork repairs

[bigrab]

Hi All.

Last year and the year before I did about 5 small repairs to scratches on my car, they weren't perfect but were fairly good and not too visable, unless pointed out.
I used a good, hand wash bay for years without any problems but one day I used it, they seemed to have changed the soapy stuff, as the operator wasn't scrubbing as hard as usual! When the car dried all my patches were highly visible and very dull, I've tried polishing them up but that doesn't do any good, what next, over paint them again?

Bigrab

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Mhhhhh, sounds like they may have used a strong TFR solution [probably to save money]

Can you post up pics? It does sound like they have messed up your efforts with the touch-up and you may be back to square one.

 

[bigrab]

It's raining heavy but as soon as I get a chance I'll take some photo's. I do wash it myself sometimes but occasionally went to them, mainly because I didn't have a lot of faith in the drive though units.

Bigrab.

 

[Will1983]

try polishing it using Autoglym Super resin polish (SRP) on a microfibre pad as it contains fillers that fill the tiny scratches in the paint and give a smoother finish.

a couple of goes with the SRP followed with Autoglym's Extra Gloss Protection (EGP) and it should be good as new.

 

[bigrab]

I've tried to get some photo's today but only two look okay, showing the patchy look they have. As I said earlier they were not perfect but better than this I have now. I bought the paint from the dealers for Citroen, Dark Admiral blue, I also have two types of polish for blending ib the colours.
I'll try that special polish in the last post, thanks for the advice and I hope I get the photo's to upload! Sorry if they are too big. I'll need to learn how to do it all properly.

Bigrab.

 

[bigrab]

The front patch's were caused by stone damage! The car has lots of small stone chip marks on the front, more than any other car I have owned. The rear was my fault! I had the tailgate raised and forgot, then put the gar on highest raised height while right under the up and over door! I was totall pi***d at myself at that! Over a hundred quid quoted for the repairs.
Bigrab.

 

[Will1983]

that looks like a poor colour match to me mate.
also you could try colour sanding the patches and then polishing with cutting compound to bring back the shine.

to learn how to do a proper scratch repair do a search on google for Autopia